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social disapproval

condemnation and rejection of someone or something (a behavior, trait, attribute, or the like) by a social group. Its manifestations may include insults, criticism, disparagement, shunning, and so on. Compare social approval.

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cacoethes

cacoethes

n. an irresistible, and sometimes irrational, desire or compulsion.